When I tuned into the post-presidential debate coverage on CNN, it was filled with a lot of back and forth yelling, but that was all background noise to Van Jones' sharp wit that had the other correspondents chuckling — even the ones NOT on his side.

The 48-year-old earned degrees in political science and communication from the University of Tennessee and a law degree from Yale. He worked at numerous publications before taking up activism, fighting against things like police abuse and racism and working for environmental causes.

In 2011, Jones founded Rebuild The Dream and he's currently president of Dream Corps, both organizations that promote environmental, economic, social, and criminal justice. (Heard of the #YesWeCode initiative? That's one of his projects!)

Van Jones is now being heard by millions through his platform as a political commentator on CNN. Here are just a few of the spot-on, amazing things he's had to say recently about the presidential election: